Posts by Brandon McCoy

When someone says, "data protection," one of the first things that comes to mind is backup. Whether we’re up against the ever-evolving threat of ransomware or dealing with the simple mistake of an employee clicking a malicious link, backups serve as a kind of magical rewind button. For many organizations, this is enough to meet their recovery point objectives (RPOs). Read more

In December 1989, an evolutionary biologist named Dr. Joseph Popp sent out a floppy disk to around 20,000 people, marking the beginning of what would become the first known ransomware virus in history. The recipients of this disk were attendees at a World Health Organization conference in Stockholm, Sweden. Upon inserting the disk into their computers, they were greeted with a message demanding $189 be sent to a PO Box in Panama. Read more